Links for Monday 30 June 2008:

French soldier hits 16 with live ammo at exercise (The Associated Press)
France’s Nicolas and Carla assume Europe’s throne (The Associated Press)
British tourists in France face traffic chaos as lorry drivers start new wave of fuel protests (Daily Mail)
BNP head sees worst of global crisis over-report (Reuters)
France’s Lagarde sees inflation between 2 pct and 3 pct this year (Reuters)
Mozambique: French seeds boost production (AfricaNews)
French trekkers in lucky helicopter escape (Expatica)
France: How the unions broke an offensive of the working class (wsws.org)
Remnants of Hanoi’s French Colonial Past (Salt Lake Tribune)
The cost of Paris free bikes, one year on (Times Online)
A French Village Revives the Franc (NYTimes.com)
Priest at prayer gets 150,000 hits (The Guardian)
Lagerfeld’s nod nudges Dior Homme out of the doldrums (guardian.com)
Paris haute couture season swings into gear (Telegraph)
Carla Bruni is ‘modern day Marie Antoinette’ (Telegraph)